Since Sept. 11, 2001, nearly twice as many people in the United States have been killed by white supremacists, antigovernment fanatics and other non-Muslim extremists than by radical Muslims, according to a new tally.

And in the wake of the church killings in Charleston, S.C., a nationwide tide has turned against what many view as a symbol of white supremacy, the Confederate battle flag.

• Changes in hostage policy.

President Obama announces today that the government will no longer threaten criminal prosecution of the families of American hostages who are held abroad by groups like the Islamic State if they attempt to pay ransom for the release of their loved ones.

• The U.S. economy may not have been as bad as first thought in the first quarter.

The Commerce Department releases its revised gross domestic product estimate today, most likely raising it from the 0.7 percent contraction reported last month.

• The U.S. homeownership rate, which has been falling for eight years, is down to 63.7 percent from a peak of over 69 percent in 2004, according to a report out today. The number of renters is increasing.

It says it will pilot a program in six U.S. cities and in Britain for Ford owners to rent out their cars, S.U.V.s or trucks when they are not using them.

• Sysco’s proposed $3.5 billion merger with US Foods, joining the country’s two biggest food distribution companies, is off indefinitely.

A federal judge’s decision to halt the merger is a victory for the Federal Trade Commission, which said the deal would lead to higher prices and worse service.

• Wall Street stocks are falling after gains on Tuesday, when the Nasdaq index hit a record.

European shares closed mixed. Eurozone finance ministers convene tonight in Brussels over the Greek debt crisis, in advance of a European Union two-day emergency summit meeting that begins on Thursday.

In Asia, most shares advanced. The Nikkei stock index closed at an 18-year high.

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• Rainbow milestone.

The Stonewall Inn, the Greenwich Village bar where resistance to a police raid touched off the modern gay rights movement, is now a New York City landmark.

It is the first time a site has been named primarily because of its significance in gay history.

It is part of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation’s effort to add to its museums in New York, Venice and Bilbao, Spain. A museum is also scheduled to open in Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates, in 2017.

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A model of the winning design for the Guggenheim museum in Helsinki, Finland.CreditKimmo Brandt/European Pressphoto Agency

So how does a museum get the honor of calling itself a Guggenheim?

The foundation gets about a dozen requests each year from cities that want a franchise, seeking the same benefits that Bilbao has experienced.

The Basque region attracts nearly a million visitors a year now, compared with fewer than 100,000 before the Guggenheim opened there in 1997.

Guggenheim plans didn’t work out for Taiwan, Rio de Janeiro and Guadalajara, Mexico.

It isn’t an easy sell in Helsinki, either. A local board rejected the project in 2012, partially over the $30 million licensing fee for the Guggenheim name, but says it will reconsider it now that a final design has been selected.